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There’s nothing I hate more than having to take a break from battling the forces of evil to prevent the inevitable carpel tunnel syndrome from setting in. Who has time to think about their comfort when the fate of a virtual galaxy is at stake? Looking at most video game [...]

The realms of wireless and high-definition are about to get a lot closer in the very near future. At least they will if Korean electronics giant LG has anything to say about it. The ability to beam true HD images through the air has been the stuff of dweeb dreams [...]

If you’re anything like me when it comes to music, you’ve completely embraced the switch from CDs to digital music. Your collection of discs sits, untouched, covered in dust. Does my CD player even work anymore? Believe it or not, CDs are still alive out there, hanging on to what’s [...]

You’ve all seen your favorite bands on stage with the lead singer trouncing around connected to the music through a pair of in-ear sound monitors. Often, those thousand-dollar in-ear phones are created specifically for the person wearing them, molded to conform to the exact curves and pockets of their outer [...]

I have always wished that I could have a small, multi-colored, visor-wearing autonomous robot penguin that would meander around my desk making noises and lighting up. Am I alone here? OK, this one almost defies description and it definitely defies usefulness. Let’s put this one in the WTF file. Introducing [...]

The only thing more plentiful than companies touting their products as “The Ultimate” is the multitude of media formats that are being shoved into our entertainment centers on a daily basis. Do any of these sound familiar: H.264, MKV, WMV9, MOV, RM/RMVB, TS, HD Divx. It’s enough to give you [...]

I have to give the Swedes credit. I thought they were pretty much tapped out after they invented the three-point safety belt and the zipper, but this unique and actually useful product is changing the way the world compresses chests. It is also giving one-armed paramedics and EMTs a new [...]

God help us. Not another LCD computer monitor. Haven’t we seen enough of those already? With the glut of LCD computer displays lining the shelves, most manufactured by the same two Chinese companies, it’s no surprise that we have a hard time getting a rise over another product offering in [...]

The market for home audio and video devices is a bloody battleground. Technology companies and gadget gurus are fighting for your hard-earned money and racing to bury their competition by introducing the latest and greatest faster than you can buy them. This is even more the case when it comes [...]

We all know how satisfying it can be to watch your cat or dog chase a light around on the floor. Feeding into their innate lower brain function provides us with hours of mindless entertainment. But having to wave that little flashlight or laser pointer around can really tire you [...]